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Not Yet RecruitingNCT06416137
Dementia in Migrants Living in Italy: Promoting a Diversity-sensitive Clinical Approach and Provision of Care
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 3,000 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The number of older migrants with cognitive impairment and dementia living in Italy and attending national healthcare services is rapidly increasing. There is a need to develop diversity-sensitive policies and practices to include migrants and people with different cultural values in the public health response to dementia.
Detailed description
Based on the gaps and barriers identified by the ImmiDem study (GR-2016-02364975), the present project aims to: i) Describe the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of migrants with cognitive disorders living in Italy, their health outcomes, and their access to healthcare resources; ii) develop and disseminate screening and assessment tools allowing the cross-cultural cognitive examination of individuals with a migration background; iii) raise awareness about dementia among culturally diverse people and train healthcare professionals in how to provide culturally competent care and support for migrants with cognitive disorders.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Neuropsychological tests | Participants will be assessed with neuropsychological tests and will be collected information about their lifestyle, clinical history and sociodemographic status. Special attention will be paid to the presence of modifiable risk factors for dementia (i.e., low education, hearing impairment, traumatic brain injury, excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, smoking, hypertension, depression, physical inactivity, diabetes, and social isolation). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-06-30
- Primary completion
- 2024-06-30
- Completion
- 2025-06-30
- First posted
- 2024-05-16
- Last updated
- 2024-05-16
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06416137. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.